Publications
Martell, Allan and Edward Benoit, III. “The Genre of Love Me Binders: U.S. Military Veterans Documenting their Service.” Archivaria, 95 (2023). (accepted)
Benoit, Edward, III and Allan Martell. “Supporting Preservation of Veteran Personal Archives: Development & Use of the Virtual Footlocker Project Curricula.”Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Digital Preservation (2022): 431-432.
Benoit, Edward, III. “Digital V-Mail & the 21st Century Soldier: Preliminary Findings from the Virtual Footlocker Project.” Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture 46, no. 1 (2017): 17-31.
Presentations
International & National Conferences
Benoit, Edward, III and Allan Martell. “Supporting Preservation of Veteran Personal Archives: Development & Use of the Virtual Footlocker Project Curricula.” The 18th International Conference on Digital Preservation (iPres 2022), Glasgow, Scotland, September 2022.
Benoit, Edward, III and Allan Martell. “Utilizing Focus Group Research Data to Create Preservation Curricula for Veterans.” Society of American Archivists, online, August 2022.
Martell, Allan, Edward Benoit, III, and Gillian Brownlee. “Love Me Binders: Personal Information Collections for the Modern Soldier.” Society of American Archivists Research Forum, Online, July 2021.
Benoit, Edward, III, Allan Martell, and Gillian Brownlee. “The Virtual Footlocker Project: 2021 MARS Update.” Society of American Archivists, Online, July 2021.
Benoit, Edward, III and Gillian Brownlee. “Foiled Again: Adapting Focus Groups Thwarted by Coronavirus.” Society of American Archivists, Online, August 2020.
Benoit, Edward, III and Gillian Brownlee. “Virtual Footlocker Project in the Time of COVID-19.” Society of American Archivists, Online, August 2020.
Benoit, Edward, III and Roxanne Guidry. “Dispatches from the Front: Findings from the Virtual Footlocker Project Phase 1.” Society of American Archivists, Austin, TX, August 2019.
Regional Conferences
Martell, Allan, Edward Benoit, III, and Gillian Brownlee. “Documenting the Personal Records of the Modern Soldier in the Times of COVID-19.” Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Gettysburg, PA, October 2021.
Benoit, Edward, III, Allan Martell, and Gillian Brownlee. “Documenting the Personal Records of the Modern Soldier in the Times of COVID-19,” Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Meeting, Virtual, May 2021.
Benoit, Edward, III, Allan Martell, and Gillian Brownlee. “Documenting the Personal Records of the Modern Soldier in the Times of COVID-19,” Midwest Archives Conference Annual Meeting, Virtual, May 2021.
Benoit, Edward, III, Allan Martell, and Gillian Brownlee. “Documenting the Personal Records of the Modern Soldier in the Times of COVID-19,” Northwest Archivists Annual Meeting, Virtual, May 2021.
Invited Speaker
Benoit, Edward, III. “The Virtual Footlocker Project: A Look into Capturing and Preserving the Personal Records of the Modern Soldier.” Presentation for the Louisiana State Archives Lunch & Learn Series, October 2022.
Benoit, Edward, III. “Love Me Binders & Digital V-Mail: Military Veterans’ Personal Archives in the 21st Century.” Presentation for the Information Matters University of Arizona iSchool Colloquium Series, April 2021.
Benoit, Edward, III. “Introduction to the Virtual Footlocker Project.” Presentation for the Port Allen Rotary Club, November 2019.
Media
Benoit, Edward, III. “Virtually Vital.” Cornerstone, Winter 2019/Spring 2020.
Benoit, Edward, III. “Digital Reminders.” The Advocate, August 19, 2019.
Benoit, Edward, III. “Virtual Footlocker Aims to Digitally Preserve Photos, Videos, and Electronic Records of Time at War.” Louisiana Radio Network, July 2019.